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Show FAflMER IS TOLD iTJO EXPAND INCREASED CROPS VOULD NOT IMPROVE ECONOMIC POSITION, POSI-TION, IT IS SAID Wages Likely To Remain High; Equipment Prices Will Not Make A Change; Present Corn Belt Is Suffering. Washington. Stay just as you are. Don't expand. That was the advice given to the farmers of the country by the United Uni-ted States Department of Agriculture In Its Important forecast of farm conditions con-ditions for 1920. Despite the present corn belt suffering suf-fering and the wave of farm collapses ninee the war, the farming industry la now In the best general condition since 1920, the department said. However, any general increases In crops would tend to place the farmers farm-ers In a less favorable economic position posi-tion than at present, it warned. Neither foreign nor domestic demand de-mand for farm products will increase j It Bald. In fact, there may be a de-1 creased demand. Farm wages will remain at least as high as they are, the department said. Neither will the cost of farm equip, nient descend. Discussing the prospects of the major ma-jor crops, the department said: "A slightly smaller world crop ot wheat is indicated, with world stock at the beginning- of the new crop j year not burdensome. Domestic stocks are likely to be smaller. ) "Corn acreage the same as in 1925 with average market yields, will be sufficient to meet feeding and commercial com-mercial requirements as fully as in 1925. If last year's oats acreage is maintained, relatively low prices are likely to continue, unless yields are greatly reduced. ' "The immediate and long-time outlook out-look for cattle is favorable. A reason- Ebly constant demand for beef is anticipated. an-ticipated. The number of steers is the lowest in many years, but present breeding stocks are apparently large enough to supply as much beef as it will pay cattle producers to raise. "The outlook for the hog industry appears favorable, with prices maintained main-tained at high levels. "Indications are that 192G will be a good year for the sheep industry, and further increases in production may be undertaken profitably in some sections." |